College of Medicine News

The material science and engineering and medical faculty members experimented with a material that has antiviral properties that are activated by white light, such as sunlight or LED lights.

The study will examine chemistries of nitric oxide — found as a pollutant but also in the human body — relevant to human health.

Through the M-STAR program, engineering and biomedical sciences students conducted research at NASA’s Langley, Johnson and Kennedy space centers.

The College of Medicine researchers are part of a multidisciplinary collaboration that was recently awarded a 5-year $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the use of cancer drugs to fight malaria.

UCF cancer researcher Annette Khaled and former UCF former football player McKenzie Milton ’19 spoke at the kick-off event for the Cure Bowl, which is Dec. 16.

A UCF College of Medicine professor and chief of Infectious Diseases at Nemours Children’s Health provides insight on the virus and suggestions for protection against it.

The American Medical Association’s Physicians of Tomorrow award recognizes medical students for their academic excellence, volunteerism, and research activities and provides $10,000 in tuition assistance.

The Orlando Family Magazine list, which is based on a reader’s poll, is a celebration of professionals who go above and beyond to help move medicine forward.

Growing up in a family of medical professionals, Irma and Valerie Vazquez are training to become surgeons at an HCA facility in Ocala, where the former champion equestrians can easily unwind with their childhood interest.